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SOCHI, Russia - One of the skaters credited with creating the critical element in the short dance program thinks the Olympic judges got it wrong Sunday. Finland’s Petri Kokko said in one tweet, ``I don’t understand the judging in #icedancing. @Virtue_Moir should be leading in my honest opinion.'' He earlier tweeted: ``Hope @Virtue_Moir wins. Americans timing off in the #finnstep and restrained even otherwise.'' The judges dinged reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada for an error in the Finnstep, a pattern created in 1995 by Kokko and his partner, Susanna Rahkamo. It cost the Canadians a point, and they are...

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